Unreported World: India: Children Of The Inferno

Unreported World visits north east India, where reporter Aidan Hartley reveals a vision of hell where the earth is literally on fire, as vast subterranean coal fires burn out of control beneath towns and villages, children mine coal day in day out, and half a million people are being moved out of their ancestral villages to make way for the coal mines fuelling India's growth. Everywhere the team travels in Jharia, the fires are burning. India's reliance on coal could significantly influence climate change in the future, and is causing global concern. But, here on the ground, it's clear that for locals, a nightmarish existence is already a reality